Monday, March 2, 2009

We have lived in our house for over 10 years. When we moved in, the house was a decorator's nightmare with pink something in every room. There were pink walls, tile (in the kitchen!), borders, carpet, I even remember pink paint in the basement on one splatch of wall!

So then, somehow I got a case of paintitis where every paint color I chose to get rid of the horror this house held came out some ridiculous shade - some of them a shade of pink! My father in law laughed at me as I brought home gallon after gallon of what promised to be my new favorite 'have to have' shade, to then toss it aside for something else the next weekend. We have a victorian style house, which translates into very tall ceilings. That's alot of painting. So the bathroom - green/blue tile on the walls and pink...yes, pink fixtures. I can't stand it.

So my challenge was going to be to redo the bathroom for free: free tile, fixtures, flooring, mirror, etc - of course doing the work myself. But after thinking about free toilet, I was pretty disgusted, so I nixed the whole 'free' thing. My new plan is to redo the bathroom for $500 or less. I really want to do it for less than $100, but I have to reglaze the tub to get rid of the pink, and that will cost $400. So I will scour Craig's List for free wall tile, floor tile, mirror and possibly a sink, purchase a new toilet and reglaze the tub. I can tile myself - both the floor and walls, so no problem. I will need to purchase grout, I assume, so there may be an added cost there. The room will need to be painted, but we have plenty of paint here... I'm sure I can find something that isn't pink!

Have you redone a room on the cheap? Tell us all about it in the comments!

Mind-Body Challenge 2010

Who I Am:

We wanted to see family this summer. With the month of August off from work, and kids out of school, we decided to travel out to the West by car. Our trip will take us through some interesting experiences, and some great places as well.